Scott D F
NIOSH, Spokane Research Laboratory, Spokane, WA 99207, USA.
Inj Prev. 2004 Aug;10(4):239-43. doi: 10.1136/ip.2003.004663.
To determine if certain loggers are at increased risk of death during logging operations.
Statistical analysis of 780 logger fatalities for a nine year period (1992-2000).
The major findings are: (1) treefallers suffer nearly 63% of all fatalities, (2) the region where the fatality occurred and the size of the employer were not significant factors that contributed to a high percentage of treefaller fatalities, and (3) the Northeast and Midwest regions showed a higher percentage of fatalities compared with the South and West regions.
Overall, the logger fatality rate for 1992-2000, compared with 1980-88 has decreased slightly; however, treefallers continue to be the group of loggers who suffer the highest fatality rate.
确定在伐木作业期间某些伐木工是否有更高的死亡风险。
对9年期间（1992 - 2000年）780起伐木工死亡事件进行统计分析。
主要发现如下：（1）伐倒树木的工人占所有死亡人数的近63%；（2）死亡发生地区和雇主规模并非导致伐倒树木工人高死亡率的重要因素；（3）与南部和西部地区相比，东北部和中西部地区的死亡率更高。
总体而言，1992 - 2000年伐木工死亡率与1980 - 1988年相比略有下降；然而，伐倒树木的工人仍然是死亡率最高的伐木工群体。
